Comments on: What’s in a name? Less than there used to behttps://blogs.lib.unc.edu/ncm/index.php/2010/08/03/whats-in-a-name-less-than-there-used-to-be/
Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel StateThu, 15 Mar 2018 20:13:45 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4By: Lew Powellhttps://blogs.lib.unc.edu/ncm/index.php/2010/08/03/whats-in-a-name-less-than-there-used-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-43045
Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:21:35 +0000https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/ncm/?p=9113#comment-43045In 1960 the third most popular name for baby girls in North Carolina was Teresa. Nationally it was 19th.
Could be a statistical aberration, of course, but in both 1961 and 1962 Teresa came in third and 18th respectively. And in 1963 it was fifth and 18th.
What was it about Teresa that N.C. parents found so appealing?
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Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:44:11 +0000https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/ncm/?p=9113#comment-43031My first cousin’s wife just had a baby. They named him Zebulon. I look forward to meeting the new addition to our family (and the latest NC Zeb) tonight.
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